>> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning. >> today on fox5 news morning, memorial day 2017. today we stop to honor and remember all of the men and women who gave their lives in service of our country. >> russia session. the president's son-in-law accused of helping establish a secret back channel for communication between the trump campaign and russian officials. >> live look outside. this is rehoboth beach. wet and rainy from the eastern shore all the way here to d.c. and all the way to points out west. but this morning the cloudy wet skies expected to give way to an afternoon of sun and warm temperatures. >> let's hope so. still looking forward to that. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm maureen umeh. >> and i'm holly morris. today is monday, may 29th and of course memorial day. >> mike thomas has your memorial day headline, erin como has your memorial day traffic. mike you first. >> i think you nailed at this time. we have clouds and showers outside this morning. by the time we get to the afternoon sun breaks through gives us warm temperature

erin. >> we have some debris in bethesda along river road. metro service doesn't pick up until 11:00 a.m. we'll have the latest on that. >> on this memorial day we honor our nation's military members. >> there are several events planned across the d.c. region today. fox5's kristen leone live at arlington national cemetery way closer look. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, maureen and holly. yes, happy memorial day. today is a great way obviously to pay tribute to those fallen military heroes and in a couple of hours, hundreds of volunteers will be coming here with thousands of roses and placing them on the headstones, again, of our fallen military a-beautiful tradition going on since 2011. so that will be taking place between the hours of 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. this morning. so, if you don't have any plans when you wake up and again, you want to pay all right respects to those who have made that ultimate sacrifice for our

is a great way to do so right here at arlington national cemetery. of course, so many roses to hand out here, so that first come first serve on that note. and also the memorial day parade will be taking place today from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. starting on constitution avenue. of course, there's going to be a lot more traffic and heavier congestion than usual, so i do want to kind of go over a couple of those areas for you. so, over on seventh and constitution, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., so 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. today, that area will be closed as well as other areas around there, other streets because of the memorial day parade as well. and also there will be -- we're told there will be heightened security in that area and for the most part people that will be spoken to... that we have spoken to say that they aren't afraid and were told as well that this would be happening. >> i feel safe 'cause i mean they're there and they're here top protect us

everyone here. >> they have a lot of police presence and most of the people down here are either patriotic or military oriented, something like that, so it's pretty safe. >> reporter: so, again, extra security there, plenty of opportunities to get involved today and of course to pay tribute, pay your respects to our fallen militarily. >> thank you for that. 5:03 is the time. this memorial day several maryland restaurants will honor the fallen. they'll value missing man table set in their dining rooms. the tables include a white tablecloth empty chair black napkin yellow candle and a single rose. >> thousands of motorcycles from around the country rode their bike into d.c. to honor service members killed or missing in action. the rolling thunder r

>> the white house staying quiet when it comes to reports of jared kushner and his contacts with the russian ambassador. kushner allegedly made a proposal to the russian kushner suggested a secret communications channel between the transition team and russia using russian diplomatic facilities to do it. there are also reports kushner failed to disclose phone calls with the ambassador. kushner's attorney says he has "no recollection of the calls as described." some are calling for kushner's security clearance to be suspended. >> we need to get to the bottom of these allegations but i do think there ought to be a review of his security clearance to find out whether he was truthful, whether he was candid. if not there's no way he can maintain that kind of a clearance. >> there are many who question if the claims are valid saying the russians are known to spread false rumors.

preparing its first test to intercept a missile. officials believe north korea is years away from being able to perfect a long range missile but this week the head of the u.s. defense intelligence agency said if no action is taken north korea is on what's being called an inevitable path to obtaining a nuclear arms missile capable of hitting the united states. >> developing this morning, the sheriff's deputy killed in a shooting rampage in mississippi has been identified. 36-year-old william derr was one of eight people killed. police say the shootings began as a domestic dispute. the alleged gunman 35-year-old willie god bolt is in custody. police say he held a 16-year-old boy hostage but released him unharmed. >> the navy trying to figure out why a navy s.e.a.l.'s parachute didn't open during a fleet week demonstration causing him to plunge to his death. the it happened as thousands of spectators were watching in new

of an elite u.s. navy sky diving team called the leapfrogs. when the parachute malfunctioned the navy s.e.a.l. cut his way out and landed in the water. he died at the hospital. >> voters in northern virginia backing a sales tax increase to help fund metro. it will help the agency facing long term financial turmoil. according to a washington post school poll 53 percent of northern have a have as virginians supportit. >> not the best of memorial day weekends weather-wise, mike, but you're saying we might get a little break on this actual holiday. >> today is the best day of the holiday weekend for sure. we get some morning clouds, some showers but by the afternoon we get a little bit more sunshine. you can see the back edge of this system moving through pittsburgh at the moment. i'll paint the line on. once we get that that boundary through here, conditions will be much

sun but we'll be drier if you plan on bringing the grille out later this evening. 64 degrees your current number in d.c., 66 manassas, 64 at dulles. little humid and sticky outside as well to start the day here. humidity will be a factor the next several days here in d.c. as well. we got that summertime feel here on this unofficial start to summer memorial day. 85 degrees later on this afternoon. again, more sunshine breaks through this afternoon as well. winds out of the west five to 10 miles an hour. generally speaking, compared to where we were this weekend it will be a very nice memorial day. all right, that's a check of the forecast. over to erin now for traffic. >> on-time traffic brought you to boy toyota. visit buy a toyota.com for special offers. >> despite the mist, memorial day commute pretty quiet so far. problem free on the beltway. not seeing any problems on gw parkway, 395 looking good. all majors are looking pretty nice. if you have to work today and you typically take metro or metrobus we have adjusted and schedules for

holiday metro rail line opening at 7 o'clock this morning service operating until midnight. trains operating on a sunday schedule and there is free parking at the metro garages. for memorial day this will last until closing tonight red line will be operating in two segments between shady grove and noma-gallaudet as well as brookland and glenmont. rhode island station is closed. shuttle service available to get you where you need to be. factor in the time if you normally take the red line. safe track still in affect with no trains between new carrollton and stadium-armory. shuttle service is available including express shuttle service to get you to the blue line. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. back to you. >> coming up on fox5 news morning a ban limiting which devices you can bring on a plane could soon be expanding. >> one texas lawmaker may push for special legislative sessions if a transgender bathroom bill is not approved. >> its 5:08 and 64 degrees. we're back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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over to south korea. their neighbors to the north testing missiles. south korean television claims this is a new anti-craft guided weapon system. they believe kim jong un has ordered the system to be placed without the country after weeks of missile test launches. those weapons are designed to reach the u.s. with a nuke warhead. unclear if north korea has perfected this technology. >> the ban on carrying your laptop on a plane could be expanded to include all international flights to and from the u.s. homeland security chief john kelly said he is considering a broad based ban because terrorists are obsessed with the idea of knocking down a u.s. plane full of american citizens. if this kind of a ban takes effect, it could include everything larger than a cell phone, including tablets. laptops are already banned in airplane cabins from 10 middle

eastern countries. thousands of passengers were stranded at airports. this could end up costing the airline nearly $130 million in lost business compensation or other customer related issues. >> today is the final day on the legislative calendar in texas and lawmakers remain deadlocked over the so-called bathroom bill. if approved it would require transgender people to use the restroom which corresponds with the sex on their birth certificate. if the house and the senate cannot reach an agreement lieutenant governor dan patrick warned he'll try to force a special session. >> a michigan prison guard will that stand trial i the death of an inmate. in 2015, nika edmund killed herself inside a women's prison. the inmate's family claims she yelled for a suicide prevention vest but never got one. they also say guards placed bets on whether she would kill herself. a judge ruled that prison guard diana callahan will stand trial. she already faces charges of involuntary

willful neglect of duty. callahan has been fired by the corrections department. >> the virginia state crime commission considering expanding the dna database to people convicted of more than misdemeanors. parts of university of virginia student hannah graham say their daughter might be alive today if her killer's dna would have been in the system after he was charged with a misdemeanor back in 2010. >> coming up on fox5 news morning o-next winter the capitals are signed on to play outdoors in annapolis. >> scientists discover a gene they say is responsible for a health condition had been affects millions of lives. >> go ahead and head to break. as we do, a live look across the d.c. region. still wet out there right now. mike says though it's going to dry out this afternoon. 5:12 is our time right now, we're at 64 degrees. fox5 news morning back right after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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>> democrats increasing their demands for white house adviser and the president's son-in-law to speak out about allegations he met with russian officials. those meetings were reportedly to discuss setting up a secret channel of communication between president trump's team and officials in moscow. >> the mayor of baltimore says the city will look at removing its confederate monuments. the mayor told the baltimore sun the city is considering auctions off two monuments including a monument of roger tanning who wrote the dred scott supreme court ruling denying african-american citizenship as well as the statue of confederate generals lee and jackson. >> gregg allman has died the organist and singer for the allman brothers band died at his home in georgia over the week. he had been in declining health and canceled tour dates last year for health reasons. back in march he canceled all scheduled performances for the rest of the year. allman was 69 years old. >> a big congratulations to the university of

they have clinched their 13th national championship. the team finished their season sunday with a perfect 23 and zero record in a win over boston clement this year's victory follows last year's crushing loss to north carolina. go terps women. >> 5:16 is our time right now. looking outside, a little misty but mike thomas says things are going to be a lot better as the day progresses, right. those afternoon hours things will be improving. we have showers through the morning hours. don't be fooled it will be a little wet out there as you start your day if you happen to be starting your day early today. then some sunshine moves back in as we head towards the afternoon. temperatures on the mild side to start. 64 in d.c. not bad at all but it's a humid 64. 66 manassas as well as quantico. leonardtown good morning 63. 61 for gaithersburg as well as westminster to start the day off early this morning. all right. satellite and radar around the region clouds are thinning out across central portions of virginia down through the southwest. still have a new showers -- rather some drizzle that's moving across northern

central portions of maryland this morning. then you can kind of see the next round that's sliding in through the panhandles of maryland and eventually through the panhandle of west virginia as well. once we get this boundary sliding through western pa and west virginia through the air mass will dry out which means less in the way of cloud cover and month are in the way of sunshine as we head into the latter portion of the afternoon. drizzle and showers through the morning hours. cloudy start to the day. we'll get this area low pressure a little farther off shore this afternoon. sunshine will move in, some sun, it will be a mix of clouds and sun but i think a better afternoon than what we had on saturday and sunday. 80's back in the picture. in fact mid 80's around here this afternoon. probably best day of the week for pools. here's your futurecast in case you don't believe me. clouds through the morning hours. we head into the afternoon. there's that last round around 1 o'clock and then after that point we break off into some sunshine and we have a beautiful memorial day coming our way. let's take a look the all right fox5 accuweather 7-day forecast here. we'll get you thr

several days. 85 degrees your high with more sun in the afternoon. 80 tomorrow. we keep the 80's around all week long. chance of thunderstorms each day except thursday. that's a look at your weather. erin como is walking in the shot now from the other side of the screen. >> i was chatting with holly this morning. it's a little foggy out. this is coming down 270 by father hurley boulevard. right now use a little bit of caution. watch for slick spots. a little bit damp outside but we are at speed from that 70 down past this point getting into rockville. let's switch over for a look at our maps. as mike promises the sun should come out this afternoon and we have the memorial day parade taking place in district. parade kicks off at 2:00 p.m. closures in place as early as 9:00 a.m. gathering between seventh street and independence northwest, constitution avenue between sixth and ninth. parade closures kick in around. parade kicks off at 2:00 p.m., starts at sen

if you have any questions about the route or how to get down there at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we'll take a look at metro and metrobus next. back to you. >> ♪ >> 5:18. let's take a look at the stories you're engaging with the most this morning on social media. >> wisdom martin back with our realtime news tracker. >> good morning to you. first up to to portland oregon where this morning people are raising money across the country for the victims of friday's deadly stabbing. it happened when flee men stood up to an anti-muslim attack and two paid with their lives. those men are being called heroes for taking action on commuter train when a known racist started picking on a woman wearing a hijab. so far several crowdfunding campaigns have raised more than $700,000 for the victims. let's talk about staffing issues at d.c. public schools including one school that lost more than a quarter of its staff since the beginning of the school year. washington post is reporting that there's a staffing issue at ballou high school in southeast among many other schools. now, right now, many of the classrooms have long term subs. the post says about 200

dcps since the school year began. a new york city high school will not move their prom even though it falls during ramadhan. brooklyn tech high school's prom falls on june 3rd during ramadhan. the observance that muslims are not allowed to eat or drink from sunrise to sunset. officials aren't moving the prom date. instead they'll serve dinner after sunset so all students can eat. and if you have a weak bladder your genes may be to blame. 25 percent of women experience this and it appears to be inherited. the good news, weak bladders could be cured by existing drugs. and finally hockey fans you'll love this because next year, the caps will take on the toronto maple leafs at an outdoor game in annapolis. that game will be played on march third at the navy marine corps memorial stadium. nhl is expected to make an official announcement today so good news there for hockey fans. that will be pretty cool. >> those outdoor games are fun. thanks whiz.

eaten chipotle in the last few months and paid with plastic you could be at risk. >> now days everything is going high tech, right, even your glass of wine. >> heading to break right now with a live look across the d.c. region. not looking sole pretty right now. 5:21 is the time, 64 degrees your temperature. things are going to clear up. sun is going to come out, too. more details when we come back. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

>> time now is 5:23. cyberattack on chipotle restaurants allowed hackers to steal credit card information from customers over a three week period. malware affected cash registers. a spokesperson says most of chipotle's more than 2,000 stores were affected. you can find more information and a list of the stores affected by the hack at chipotle.com/security. >> graco is recalling more than 25,000 car seats. the company says the harness webbing can break

and may not keep children restrained. so here's a look at the seats we're talking about. it's the my ride 65 convertible seat, those models, they were all made on july 22nd 2014 and have a code of 2014/06. graco plans to notify and refund owners. >> everything is going high tech these days. even wine. there is a new wifi wine dispenser. the aim to help you save your wines before they goepp bad. the dispensers shaped like a wine were bottle and connects tock a wifi. it will make recommendations. the wine is usually -- stays fresh up to 30 days with this technology. >> hm. the awards have been handed out at the cannes film festival. the square a swedish political correctness satire won top prize much it's a rare win for a comedy. sophia coppola becomes the second woman to win the award for best

remake of a 1971 civil war drama. >> just about 5:25 on this monday morning. mike thomas, looking forward to the day ahead weather-wise. >> yes, sunshine comes back this afternoon t it lasts after we get through clouds, showers an little bit of drizzle this morning. not too much going on right now although not too much you can see on satellite and radar. it definitely is drizzling right outside our studio. satellite and radar showing you the showers coming through the panhandle of maryland. that's kind of the next round that we'll have to watch that could kick up a few more showers as we head into the late morning hours today. here's a look at temperatures around the region. right now 64 degrees at reagan national. dulles at 64, bwi at 62. a lot of humidity in the air as well. you'll notice that as you step outside. extra hair spray if you're heading out early this morning. here's your afternoon planner for the day. by 11 o'clock, mostly cloudy, few showers still around 75 degrees. by 2 o'clock maybe one or two showers left mostly east of washington but i'll leaf them out of caution, may o

especially west of town. by 5 o'clock we're all partly cloudy, 84 degrees. again it should be a beautiful afternoon and into the evening for anybody getting the grills ready or if you're heading out to the pools for the memorial day parades or memorial day festivities. erin como is back with a check of traffic. >> 5:26 right now. roads are quiet for this early memorial day morning. if you're heading out to work no worries on the beltway inside 295 looking good 50 through cheverly problem free. top of the beltway in college park also in great shape. planning on taking metro to maybe some memorial day barbecues later today let's take a look at the schedule. kicks in at 7 o'clock this morning operating on a sunday schedule lasting through midnight. off-peak fares in effect and free parking at the metro garages. now if you're taking the red line this has been going on all weekend wrapping up tonight at closing operating in two segments between shady grove the red line and noma-gallaudet as well as brookland and glenmont. rhode island avenu

available s also silver line dealing with track work. no trains between new carrollton on the orange line and stadium-armory. shuttle service is that available and if you're taking metrobus. also on sunday schedule. subscription trips canceled today. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. back to you. >> thanks erin. the u.s. military preparing to run a series of missile tests, some say is inspired by north korea's nuclear ambitions. >> ♪ >> and a new survey suggests residents in northern virginia in favor of a new tax to fund metro. >> my gosh, this song is like all over the radio right now. my child lovers this song. i'm like what are they saying. i don't know but it sounds good. 5:27 is our time right now. live look outside on this memorial day monday. 64 degrees. wet now. dry later. fox5 news morning back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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now. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning. >> good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm wisdom martin. >> and i'm holly morris. today is monday, may 29th memorial day 2017. >> all right. erin como is talking about the roads but first mike thomas talks about weather. >> hey, wisdom, we have clouds and showers out there this morning, sun is back this afternoon with mid 80's. how long this week though will the sunshine stick around? full forecast coming up. erin. >> we have the memorial day parade in the district. we'll get you around those closures. extra traffic around arlington national cemetery. we'll have the latest with your full look of traffic. >> in the news this morning on this memorial day we honor our nation's military members and those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. >> across the d.c. region, several events will take place to pay tribute to service members. fox5's kristen leon is live at arlington national cemetery with more. good morning, kristen. >> reporter: good morning. happy memorial day to you guys. there's plenty to do like you guys just mentioned here in d.c., right near our own backyard to honor our

military starting right here at arlington national cemetery. in just a couple of hours, hundreds of volunteers will be placing roses, thousands of roses on the headstones of our fallen service men and women, a beautiful tradition that we do right here in d.c. and again a-way to commemorate and celebrate those who've made that ultimate sacrifice for our country. so, if you want to get involved and haven't made any plans this morning, definitely wake up and come on down and grab, you know, those thousands of roses or grab a couple of those roses, there are only so many out there and, you know, come on down and place them on those graves. and also happening today, the memorial day parade will be taking place from around 2:00 to 5:00 this afternoon. that will start on constitution and seventh, so of course there will be lots of traffic there. so, just make sure to head out early and plan ahead of time there. also, they will be beefing up security in that area as well and people we spoke to yesterday let us know

security plans. >> i feel safe 'cause i mean, they're there and they're here to protect us and, you know, everyone here. >> they have a lot of police present and most of the people down here are either patriotic or military oriented, something like that, so, it's pretty safe. >> reporter: president trump will also be here later today to -- for a wreath laying ceremony for the tomb of the unknown soldier and a wreath laying ceremony to honor the women in our military. guys. >> kristen thank you. let's talk about the latest on the russia investigation. homeland security secretary john kelly is defending jared kushner amid reports he proposed a secret back channel between the kremlin and trump transition team. kell said any channel of communications back or otherwise with a country

russia is a good thing t he added he wouldn't criticize it. other reports suggest kushner failed to disclose at least two phone calls with the russian ambassador allegedly taking place between april and november of last year. meanwhile the white house has been quiet about the recent reports. >> developing this morning, the killed in a shooting rampage in mississippi has been identified. 36-year-old william derr was one of eight people killed. police say the shootings happened at three separate locations about that 70 miles outside of jackson and began as a domestic dispute. the alleged gunman 35-year-old willie godbolt is in custody. police say he also held a 16-year-old boy hostage but released him unharmed. >> the navy trying to figure out why a navy s.e.a.l.'s parachute didn't open during a fleet week demonstration causing him to plunge to his death. this happened at thousands of spectators were watching in new jersey. the parachutist was a member of an elite u.s. navy s.e.a.l... leapfrogs. officials say w

parachute malfunctioned the navy s.e.a.l. was able to cut his way out and actually landed in the water. he later died, though at the hospital. >> to northern virginia where voters are backing a sales tax increase to fund metro. if the sales tax increases it will help the agency which is facing long term financial turmoil. according to a washington post school poll, 53 percent of northern virginians support the sales tax increase, about 40 percent of voters oppose it. >> ♪ >> 5:35 is our time right now. it was tough weekend for the pools to open, mike. >> you know what, we did have some clouds and some showers around in the afternoon and maybe a little bit more widespread than we were thinking originally but i got some sunshine each morning and we went to the nationals game on saturday and second half of the nats game sun came out a bit saturday night. so, it was hit and miss depending on where you live. today we'll have more sun this afternoon. i think today is the best pool day. so weekend is not done just yet. we'll hope for

holiday. 64 degrees mostly cloudy outside and even some drizzle reported locally around d.c. to start the day. satellite and radar not showing that green around the d.c. area just yet but promise you there is some falling around the area. then offer to the north and west. we got another round of showers that's going to try to make its way through here. dewpoints relatively humid, in the middle 60's today, so, again, if you plan a little -- do plan for a little extra humidity. showers to start, sunshine by the afternoon 85. tomorrow mix of clouds and sun chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon 80 degrees. that's a check of the forecast. over to erin now for traffic. >> so far so good on our roads at 5:36. we don't have any delays right now in college park on the beltway. things looking good on gw parkway. problem free in arlington and alexandria. love what we're seeing in bethesda. if you're planning to make metro keep in mind they are operating for the memorial day holiday on a sunday schedule. opening at 7:00 service lasting through midnight. and off off peak fares in and effect. free parking

and this red line delays that have been taking place all weekend continue through closing today. it will be operating in two segments between shady grove and noma-gallaudet as well as between brookland and glenmont rhode island avenue station closed. shuttle service available. still dealing with safe track work impacting the orange line. express shuttle service available there. metrobus on a sunday schedule. back to you guys. >> a new study suggests most of us aren't getting enough salt in our diets. >> are not getting enough salt? wow. >> yeah. >> and a teacher uses a popular dance to help her students stay safe during cold and flu season. >> as we go to break, here's a live look outside across the definitely if you can see -- dmv.back in a moment. introducing the italian collection from subway. head in now to grab the five dollar footlong spicy italian. loaded with salami and pepperoni.

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a favor and give in to it. >> eat the whole bag. >> most of us think of yoga as being relaxing and zen. there's a new rougher yoga making its way across. in maine one yoga shop is playing heavy metal music claiming people are angry and it helps them get their anger out. >> i want to see this. >> this is a crazy health news series we're having. >> right. a dance made popular by carolina panthers quarterback cam newton is being used to teach kids how to keep the common cold at bay. a teacher used this picture of one of her young students dabbing as a example of of how you dab to cover your mouth when

been liked nearly 200,000 times and shared nearly 69,000 times. >> that's cute. >> yeah. >> 5:a 41. coming up, the chancellor of germany says europe can no longer rely on the united states or britain. we'll explain what she meant when we return. >> today the united states postal service will unveil a new tribute to president kennedy on what would have been his 100th birthday. >> as we head to break let's look live across the d.c. region. doesn't look so good right now. got to go through the whole weekend, right bud? mike thomas says things are going get by this afternoon. we'll talk more about weather with him on the other side. you're watching fox5 news morning.

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>> ♪ >> back now at 5:45. today would have been president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday n remembrance the u.s. postal service plans to dedicate a new j.f.k. postage stamp in massachusetts. ceremony will be held there this afternoon an wreath laying is planned to honor the 35th president at his grave site at arlington national cemetery. >> university of maryland can once again claim to have the best lacrosse program in the country. on sunday the women's team won their 13th national championship. the team finished their season with a perfect 23 and o record with their win over boston college. this year's win follows last year's crushing blow against north carolina. >> and the number one seeded maryland men are headed to their fifth straight national championship. the men's team defeat

nine to eight. they play ohio state at 1 o'clock this afternoon at gillette stadium in foxboro massachusetts. that is just -- i think that's so that wonderful. i'm going to admit i had no idea that maryland lacrosse was that dominant. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's amazing. >> especially the women. >> especially the women. >> the women have always been a fantastic team and have won a championship several times. >> awesome. >> congrats terps. >> ♪ >> you know what, i have been living on a prayer all weekend. we just have one day of the holiday weekend that would be nice. >> yeah,. >> a little disappointed i have to admit. >> live like bon bon jovi liven a little prayer. >> we'll go with that. >> the morning is not too great today. stay inside, stay in bed watch us through 11 o'clock and sun will start poking through later on today. >> okay. >> is it a deal. >> it's a deal. >> all right. >> done. >> let's get to it on this memorial day.

throughout the morning hours here. as we get into the afternoon we'll have more sunshine start to break out so partly cloudy by the time we get to the afternoon. then this evening clouds return ahead of what could be an on and off stormy day tomorrow. warmer week ahead. we were in the 70's a lot last week. as we head into this week we'll have more 80's around, more of a humid sticky feel. we'll keeping unsettled weather around just about every day this week. thursday looks mostly sunny and dry but that looks like the only day we could totally dry. every other day in the forecast has a chance of storms in it. here's a look at current temperatures. 64 degrees in washington, 66 in manassas as well as quantico, 61 gaithersburg. we have as you just saw in the live shot low hanging fog, drizzle out there this morning locally around d.c. and we will have some more showers trying to work their way through a little later on this morning. spotty in nature but again, at least the chance through 11,

we'll get some of this drier air that you see working through ohio that boundary will come through later and clear us out. here's a look at what's going on. also an area of low pressure off the coastline throwing some of this moisture back in. that will scoot its way out to the north and east and we'll get into the 80's. your planner for the day, showers, again the chance for at least one, 2 o'clock, 81 there. then we're off into more sunshine for later on this evening. should be a pleasant evening if you want to get the grille going finally, i know it was a tough weekend for it, 81 degrees by 7 o'clock, by 9 o'clock, 76. by 11 o'clock, 73 degrees. should be a dry evening as well. fox5 accuweather 7-day forecast showing an unsettled week ahead but a warmer week ahead. chance of storms just about each and every day there including zip trip friday, 86 degrees looks like a warm one. that's a chance of -- that's a check of the weather. erin back with traffic. i think zip trip is in bowie this week. >> i can't wait. there's a lot of fog behind me. this should be the american legion bridge but

it looks like they're zooming in on trees. put your low beams on. beltway at the american legion bridge looking pretty good. going to walk to the other studio because clearly i don't know where i need to be. the good news is traffic is really quiet right now. not seeing any slowdowns. you can hear i'm kind of in a wind tunnel as i hop over here. traffic is all green all good around the beltway in largo and here we are i have made it walking quickly in heels. keep in mind as you make your way up for your memorial day commute seeing really quiet conditions. if you have to go to work this morning like we all do, no worries right now. we're quiet in largo, 50 moving along just fine inbound from the bay bridge. bay bridge is quiet right now if you know anyone starting their memorial day trip home early today. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. back to you. >> ♪ >> time right now is 5:49. let's take a look at the stories you're engaging with the most this morning on social media with our realtime news tracker. >> first up, german chancellor angela merkel says europe must become more

this comes days after president trump's first official visit to me europe. president merkel never mentions president trump in her speech but comments seem to be aimed at mr. trump and his clash with european leaders at both the g-7 meeting and the nato summit. >> former vice president joe biden had some harsh words for the democrats. he slammed them over the weekend for their silence on america's middle class. biden was campaign, for the democratic frontrunner in new jersey's governor's race bill murphy. the primary election is june 6th. >> how is this for a cringe worthy photo op. a group of new jersey middle schoolers refused to pose for a photo with house speaker paul ryan. happened last week during their school trip to d.c. about half of more than 200 students declined to be in the picture. being in the photo was not mandatory. >> a writer for the denver post is sparking outrage when he said he was uncomfortable with a japanese man winning the indy 500. e

the reporter faced backlash and later apologized takuma sato is the first japanese driver to win the race. >> keeping a promise. seattle seahawks cornerback richard sherman is helping a virginia high school e eer go to college. sherman is living up to his side of the deal. james plans to go to norfolk state and will major in business. i like that story. that's so great. >> yeah, very cool. >> and i like this. kevin mccarthy in e early. >> did you get your times mixed up. >> i forgot my tie. >> it's the holiday it's all good. >> and you're out of your comfort zone. it's a little early. >> i did the red white and blue on the show here. >> i see what you're doing. >> good to see you guys this morning. >> interesting for the weekend for this box office o pirates of the caribbean dead men tell no tales opened up also "baywatch" opened up as well. at the box

i guess one of the questions happening now is hollywood out t of ideas. the pirates of the caribbean film while it was number one at the box office it came in lower than the other films in the franchise. the film still brought in an estimated school million dollars over the weekend and 208.4 million internationally. now, that's a lot of money clearly but the movie cost around $265 million to make. these films are so bloated in regards to special effects and how much they cost but the franchise is now clearly near $4 billion worldwid at the box office. "guardians of the galaxy vol. 2" took in about 19.8 in second place. doesn't sound like much in regards to super hero film but it's been out since may fifth. the film is crushing it at the box office. $783 million so far. the first film brought in 773 so it's already surpassed the first film and we're not even out of may yet. >> w

billion dollars. now, "baywatch" is the one that everyone is talking about this weekend ball it didn't do well. and i think people were a little bit surprised considering there's a lot of marketing behind this. the rock has been talking about this for a long time. the rock zac effron, you have priyanka chopra a huge star in india also from the show quantico but the film only did about $23 million in its first three days on a budget of 69 million. now, that's not terrible. i mean, it will probably make its money back budget-wise. i think the rock was a little bit upset about it because if you follow the rock on twitter, he was combating people all weekend long about how there's a disconnect between critics and fans and he kept saying. >> that's an age old battle, too. >> right. but here's the thing. i love the rock but i feel like there was at one point he was saying that critics really aren't people. they're not fans, like -- the fans get it but the critics dean. i'm like no, the movie is just not that great

little bit. >> being a defensive a little bit. >> i don't think a lot of people thought it was going to be great. >> it wasn't that great. it was okay, it was okay. >> it's "baywatch." >> "baywatch." >> but like -- >> was he the executive producer or something. >> he produced the movie and 21 jump street set the tone at a lot better. eddie vetters of guns n' roses paid tribute to chris cornell over the weekend. vetters on a solo tour. he didn't michael vick references to chris cornell but some of the lyrics in his songs changed a bit and you could tell there was a reference in the audience. guns n' roses covered block hole sun over the week. lots of bands have been covering that song recently nora jones. i'll leave you with one cool piece of information. >> what's that. >> how much do you think the snack budget was on the pirates of the caribbean. >> a million bucks. >> 2 million. >> okay. >> that's a lot of money. >> for snacks. >> for snacks. >> that's why jack spa are row was

all right, thank you kevin. >> tell him no stop. it's too early. >> all right. listen, good to see you this early, kev. thanks for coming in. 5:54 is our time. time to say hello to our facebook fan of the day. this morning we say hello to ebony sellman. ebony lovers the entire fox5 crew. >> he had visits us every year at one of our zip trips and ebony says unfortunately this year she'll be in a wheelchair but she adds if the good lord is willing she's going to be with us at one of our zip trips this summer and we hope to see you ebony and happy memorial day. >> ebony wisdom and i will be at bowie this friday if you want to join us come out and see us. >> come out and say hi. >> five minutes before the hour. mike is back with a look at the forecast. were unday, can we get one day. >> i think we can get one day. we can't get one full day but we can get one afternoon in i believe. showers out there this morning, some drizzle, low hanging clouds and fall as well. then we'll break out into sunshine. a much drier

compared to what we had over the course of your saturday and sunday. satellite and radar out there this morning, thick clouds have kind of overtaken the d.c. region. fog and drizzle out there right now. still a boundary to come through this morning. until that gets through we'll at least have the chance of showers as we head through the kind of late morning, early afternoon hours. 85 degrees your daytime high today t once we get rid of these showers out there, we will break off into some sunshine later on this afternoon. if you've been waiting to pull out the grille or get to the pool i think later on today is your day to do it. it will be pretty warm again. 80's hanging around all week. the chance of thunderstorms each and every day there except for thursday. that's a check of the fork. forecast. erin is back with traffic. >> we have a crash in fredericksburg, 95 southbound it's at three plank road, right shoulder oft off ramp is blocked. caution there. once you get to that 95 north and southbound looking good. if you're waking up early this morning, maybe trying to get back to virginia beach if you have any friends or family down that were traffic is moving along fine. as we take a look at the rest of our memoria

to work you're in great shape. traffic on 50 looking good out to the bay bridge. no problems there. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we got you covered this foggy memorial day weekend. actually monday. no longer the weekend. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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look at the iwo jima memorial on this memorial day. so many sacrifices made by those who died while serving our country. more on this somber day of remembrance ahead in a live for the arlington national cemetery. >> the president back from his overseas trip taking no time unleashing a series of tweets all this as the russia investigation heats up once again. >> live look outside on this monday morning. it is may 29th. d you have plans to get outside today and maybe enjoy a little bit of your day off? your holiday forecast and a look at traffic coming up on the 5s at 6:05. good morning, i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm wisdom martin in for steve chenevey. welcome to fox5 news morning. >> ♪ >> we honor our nation's fallen military members on this memorial day. last night thousands gathered on the west lawn of the capitol for the annual memorial day concert. >> tributes to our nation's service members continue today including one from president trump.